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The Revolution of Lares, more than an uprising for independence, was a rebellion against slavery.

— Juan González On Our Struggle (1971)

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Revolution is a complete change, an overturning of dead soil, a new way of life, with new government, new laws.

The Vote or the Gun (1970)

Freedom is taken, not given. That is why we organize.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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